Vocal Points

Such terrible news earlier this week about Colin – everyone at BPS has been deeply saddened, and we are all feeling a great sense of loss. Colin was such a lovely man, and BPS will not be the same without his cheeky grin. While I was searching around for things to say, I came across […]

Last Tuesday at Avoncroft started with a very well-attended and well-appreciated early session from Jenny Webster, talking about Still Life photography – not just talking, it was also a practical session with several setups on stage complete with lighting. Many photographs were taken! The main session was our ever-popular “Volunteer evening”, featuring 5 very different presentations

A quick one today as I’m on holiday… A successful night on Tuesday vs Stourbridge, in a “game of two halves” where Stourport led on the prints but we came back strongly on the PDI images to take the trophy. Some excellent images from both clubs, and a good judge in Tom Swallows – a

After a shaky start, where it seemed everything was destined to go wrong, we had a great evening last week for the Annual Open competition. A really high standard of images, and an excellent judge giving really useful feedback on all images. We even managed to finish ALMOST on time – I’m sorry about having to

I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend… Tuesday’s practical night seemed to be well received – many thanks to the volunteers manning the “expert” tables. I hope everyone learned something, picked up a bargain at the sales table, or at least enjoyed a good chat about photography… Coming up this week is the Annual Open competition

By all accounts the model night on Tuesday was a great success – I am sorry to have missed it but it looks like the old rule of thumb that if I miss a session, it’s going to be a good one, is back in play. I’ve seen some of the photos and video from

Two excellent sessions last Tuesday! We started off with Ele’s “Judging tryout” session, where Ele got to try out being a judge and a dozen or so members got a great critique on their images. I didn’t get to pay full attention unfortunately as I was focussed on getting everything set up for the main

We had a good evening last Tuesday for the 4th Print competition, with lots of fine images and a good judge giving lots of constructive feedback. Congratulations to all that entered, and especially to those that were awarded “top marks”. Prior to that the “Show and Tell” gave a variety of members the opportunity to talk

Something a bit different last Tuesday, with a fine display of prints from Dave Airston’s 40 years of photographing motorsports – and plenty of stories behind how to take them (and how to ask forgiveness rather than permission when at such events!). On Thursday BPS members were out in force again at Stourbridge to support

I hope everyone enjoyed the MCPF travelling portfolio last week. There were some fine images, including a fair number from BPS members, covering a wide variety of genres from nature to portraiture to landscape to astrophotography and everything in between. Sorry about the late change to the programme – we will try to reschedule the model evening that